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Spider watch spins up a web of time.

‘Spider’, as the name suggests, is inspired by a spiders web. It uses hexagonal rings, similar to a web, to display numbers in a concentric pattern.
There are 4 rings to the web each representing a digit, such as 07:45, read from the outside-in.

The design features a clear LCD screen so you can see right through the watch. There have been other designs in the past that we have shown on the blog using a similar ‘see-though’ idea – but unfortunately it was deemed technically impossible. Now, after some more research, we think there is a chance this could work.
There are still several technical hurdles to overcome with an idea like this, but an exciting possibility nonetheless.

This is a good news. If really work, you should update the on air too. Now this watch, is the best of its kind (ones that use special fonts) but I think this one is awesome enough without having the clear lcd. 10* yes.

i like the digits, and the theme – the clear lcd to make it look more like a real spiderweb…
i’m just afraid that when produced, it would come out too large and clunky.
i would like a slightly smaller version if possible.

btw, these digits are very much like pete’s digit mkII design, only his hexagons were concave, while these are convex. i like that one a lot too, and one of the things i liked most about his version was the alternating colors for better reading clarity. (though i see why that would not necessarily fit the spider web theme you have going on here)

have you considered a few extra connecting lines to make it a bit more webby? ..maybe make them dotted to differentiate them from the lines that are telling the time.

Thanks for spotting that Heather, I would have liked one of my digit designs to have made the blog before this as now it would look like I was inspired by this design. I also had a third design using a similar priciple called ridge. So all three are now a little redundent.

If you could see your hairy wrist, it would certainly add to the spidery theme, reminiscent of creepy crawly hairy legs…….
Jokes aside, I think if it had a translucent instead of transparent display it would be very good though.

This is very cool, a cryptic and abstract way of telling the time. Very neat. I’m not sure, though, of the technical possibilities. Would it be sort of a liquid-crystal display sandwiched between two pieces of transparent plastic, or what?

Looks pretty neat, but question, is the whole section of the time glass is clear or 100% transparent? if the numbers are presented in a color, probably silver bright, or people would have a hard time seeing the lines because of skin color, i do have a latin tanned skin, and i dont know how it would look like., plus…. does it have a light in the concept?